Compsoctena secundella

Compsoctena secundella is a moth in the Eriocottidae family. It was described by Walsingham in 1897.^[1] It is found in the Central African Republic and Sierra Leone.^[2]

Compsoctena secundella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Eriocottidae
Genus:	Compsoctena
Species:	C. secundella
Binomial name
Compsoctena secundella (Walsingham, 1897)
Synonyms
Eccompsoctena secundella Walsingham, 1897

The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous, thickly mottled, speckled and suffused with umber-brown scales, the two colours alternating along the costa in unequal spaces throughout. There is a rather strong patch of umber-brown scales at the end of the disc, which appears to be the only point at which this colour is more concentrated than on the remainder of the wing-surface, although it somewhat prevails also towards the apex and tornus. The hindwings are purplish fuscous.^[3]